Resident Faculty

Academics residing and teaching at the Headquarters campus in Costa Rica.
Alphabetical order of the last name. Please click on the name for a complete CV.

• Amr Abdalla (Egypt)
  Professor and Vice Rector
  Ph.D., Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring 2001. Master's Degree, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring 1992. LL.B. in Law, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Spring 1977.
  
  
• Ameena Al Rasheed (Sudan)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Peace Education
  A Ph.D. candidate. Masters degree, public policy and administration. Masters Degree, Gender and Culture. BSC, Honors, Political Science.
  
  
• Rolain Borel (Switzerland)
  Head of Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Doctor of Technical Sciences, Forage Agronomy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; MSc, Livestock Production, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Costa Rica; Agronomist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
  
  
• Jan Breitling (Germany)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  MSc. Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands. BSc. Tropical Forestry, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica.
  
  
• Virginia Cawagas (The Philippines)
  Associate professor; Department of Gender and Peace Education
  EDD. Peace and Development, Education, Notre Dame University. M. S. in Educational Management, De LaSalle University. B.S. Education, Math, St. Louis University.
  
  
• Robert Fletcher (USA)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Ph.D., M.A., cultural anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. B.A. International Relations, University of California, Davis.
  
  
• Victoria Fontan (France)
  
  Director for Academic Development, and Assistant Professor, International Peace Studies Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  PhD, MA, Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, Eire. Disciplines: political science, post-conflict rehabilitation, media studies.
  
  
• Mahmoud Hamid (Sudan)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Ph.D., Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands, 2007. EPU Certificate for Advanced International Study Programme in Peace and Conflict Transformation, European University Centre for Peace Studies (EPU), Austria, 1997. MA Politics of Alternative Development Strategies, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1996. M.Sc. Political Science, Graduate College, University of Khartoum, 1995. B.Sc. (Honours).
  
  
• Mihir Kanade (India)
  Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre.
  LLB, Nagpuz University, India. UNU-IC UNU, Tokyo. MA International Law and the Settlement of Disputes, University for Peace.
  
  
• Tony Karbo
  Associate Professor and Senior Program Officer, UPEACE Africa Programme.
  
  
• Balázs Áron Kovács (Hungary)
  Instructor, Department of Pace and Conflict Studies
  J. D. Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Science. M. A. IPS, UPEACE.
  
  
• Mohit Mukherje (India)
  Director of the UPEACE Centre for Executive and Professional Education and a faculty member at UPEACE
  Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Stanford University. Master's at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Courses at Harvard Business School, How to start up, manage, and grow social enterprises.
  
  
• Christer Persson(Sweden)
  Head of Department for International Law and Human Rights, Instructor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies Master of Laws, University of London, and Special Adviser to the Rector
  
  
• Nabil Ramirez (The Philippines)
  Instructor. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  M&A international law and settlement of disputes, UPEACE. BA anthropology and education, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
  
  
• Natalia Riveros (Colombia)
  Deputy Head & Instructor,  Department of International Law and Human Rights (DIL)
  M. A International Law and the Settlement of Disputes, University for Peace;  M. A., International Relations, International University of Japan.
  
• Dina Rodríguez (Perú)
  Head of Department of Gender and Peace Education
  MA in Education, University of Texas, at Austin, USA; BA in Mathematics, Alverno College, Milwaukee, USA; BA in Teaching, National University of Education, Peru.
  
  
• Nika Salvetti (Italy)
  Coordinator of the RMSED Programme
  Msc in Post-war reconstruction, graduated with distinction in 1999, University of York (UK). Bsc in Economics, graduated Cum Laude, 1992, University La Sapienza of Rome (Italy). Technical Diploma in accounting and foreign Languages, gruaduated in 1986, (Italy).
  
  
• Alvaro Sierra (Colombia)
  Associate Professor. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  B.A. communication Sciences and Journalism, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
  
  
• Toh Swee-Hin (Australia and Canada)
  Distinguished Professor and long-term Consultant, Office of the Vice-Rector, University for Peace.
  
  
• Victor Valle (El Salvador)
  Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean Programme, and Head of Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  Doctor of Education, The George Washington University, USA; Master of Education, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Undergraduate studies, Civil Engineering, University of El Salvador.

Affiliated Faculty

• Abelardo Brenes (Costa Rica)
• Jurgen Carls (Germany)
• Jeffrey Davis (USA)
• Mary King (USA)
• Miriam Vilela (Brazil)
  Director, Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE.

Administrative Faculty

UPEACE faculty with administrative responsibilities
Alphabetical order of the last name. Please click on the name for a complete CV.

• Jean-Bosco Butera
  Director, UPEACE Africa Programme
• Flor Cubero (Costa Rica)
  Head Librarian
  PhD, Information Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada; MA, Library Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada; MA in Sociology, University of Costa Rica.
• Verónica Hilillo (Spain)
  RMSED Instructor. Office of the Vice Rector
  M. A., International Peace Studies, UPEACE, Mediation, University of Alicante, Spain.  B.A. Business Administration, University Cardena-Herrera, Spain
• Narinder Kakar
  Director, UPEACE New York Office
• Thomas Klompmaker (The Netherlands)
  Project Coordinator, Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (VRA)
  Msc Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), MA International Peace Studies, University for Peace (Costa Rica)